O RLY?!

We experienced our first home inspection this past Saturday.  The house we are looking at purchasing is an older home, built in 1906.  Considering that construction methods in the 1900’s were much different than today, I asked for an inspector that was familiar with older homes and had experience with houses from that time period.  They sent me Bob Vila.  I swear, I felt like I was on This Old House.  He turned a two hour inspection into five and half hours.  He told me the entire history of the house, including every remodel and update that was done throughout 100 years.  He offered ideas about rehabing options for just about every room, informed me about what items were original, and gave plenty of ideas on how to turn the attic into a loft.

Overall, the structure of the house was solid, and he found no major problems.  The kitchen and bathroom had been remodeled in 2001, so that eliminates the two most expensive rooms from our decorating/remodeling plans.

We did discover that the A/C was disconnected and completely inoperable.  Why would you list a house as having central A/C and not even have the unit hooked up?  Naturally, I unloaded on the sellers and asked them to replace the A/C and have it hooked up properly.

Here’s some pictures I yanked from the realtor’s website, not the greatest, but it will give you an idea.

Merry Christmas